Tuesday, October 12, 2010

To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves--there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.

- joan didion

for my friend, shelley ... living over on the right (vs. left) coast. because of a nifty quote in her email signature block, i became a joan didion fan AND a shelley fan! and most recently, after virtually enjoying (via facebook) her morning of birding where she shared ...

... i decided to learn about these birds (virtually at cornell university's all about birdsover here). and here are the links for most of the birds ... (part 2 of this post will include the gray catbird, cedar waxwing, blue-headed vireo, and a few empidonax flycatchers)

empidonax flycatcher (what is an ...) the images i chose are those of the 5 species listed on that site - least flycatcher, alder flycatcher, willow flycatcher, acadian flycatcher, yellow-bellied flycatcher,